A Bit of Coastal Cooling
High pressure will remain the dominant influence on our weather through the weekend into next week. A warm, dry air mass will be in place across the state of California during this time. At the coast, however, light onshore flow will keep cooler air and some low cloudcover in the forecast.
Overnight: Low clouds and fog fill the bay and adjacent valleys. Expect coastal lows in the low to mid 50s with upper 40s to low 50s for inland valleys and upper 50s up in the hills.
Friday: Patchy lows cloud along the coast with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s. Mostly sunny and warm inland with upper 70s to upper 90s. Becoming breezy for inland valleys in the afternoon.
Saturday: Patchy lows cloud along the coast with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s. Mostly sunny and slightly warmer inland with low 80s to upper 90s. Becoming breezy for inland valleys in the afternoon. The summer solstice occurs at 2:44PM PDT which is the official beginning of astronomical summer.
Extended: Not much change in the forecast through Father's Day into early next week with patchy clouds near the coast and seasonable temperatures and mostly sunny skies inland and slightly warm temperatures. Some high clouds are likely to stream in from the south by mid-week next week.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 52ºF
HIGH: 68ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 49ºF
HIGH: 83ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for June 26th - July 2nd calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation. Note: Little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year.
-El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Neutral
-Forecast into Summer: Neutral
-Forecast into Winter: Equal chances of Neutral and La Niña
-Area drought status: Good to Abnormally Dry
